Stuck in space? Why the return date of two NASA astronauts is up in the air until early next year.
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Two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, might be staying in orbit longer than they planned. NASA is deciding how and when to bring them home after the Boeing Starliner spacecraft that launched them experienced several mechanical failures.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing’s troubled capsule.
Two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, might be staying in orbit longer than they planned. NASA is deciding how and when to bring them home after the Boeing Starliner spacecraft that launched them experienced several mechanical failures.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been at the International Space Station two months longer than planned. Their stay could now stretch into next year, if NASA decides the thrusters on Boeing’s Starliner cannot be trusted to safely bring them home.
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